Weather shield for automobiles



Marchv 1929' w. F. SHALLENBERGER 0 WEATHER SHIELD FOR AUTOMOBILES v Filed April 12, 1926 Patented Mar, 12, 19 29.

} UNITED STATE WILLIAM F. sHALL EnBEsGE R, or ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

WEATHER SHIELD FOR AUTOMOBILES.

Application filed A ril 12, 1926. Serial No, 101,378.

My invention relates to improvements in weather shields forautomobiles or in other words, a device for protecting a person from storm or rays of the sun in entering and 5 leaving an automobile.

One object of my invention is the provision. of a device of this character Which can be installed in the top of the automobile at the time of manufacture. orupon machines in use at a very small expense and which will provide a practical and efficient cover or shield to protect the person from the storm or suns rays. 7

Another object of my invention is the provision of a device of the character named which can be instantly thrown into operative position and which can be manually or auto,- matically operated and which will not interfere with the opening and closing of the doors of the machine.

Another object of my invention is the provision of a weather shield which can be installed in the top of the automobile at a very small cost comparatively speaking, which will not detract at all from the embellishment or ornamental appearance of the machine, which will be strong and durable, and which from every point of view will be thoroughly practical and efficient.

With these objects in view my invention consists of a weather shield embodying novel features of construction and combination of parts substantially as described and claimed and as shown in the accompanying drawing, in which: I

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of an automobile of the enclosed type provided with my Weather shield shown in operative position.

Figure 2 represents a top plan View of an automobile equipped with my weather shield of modified form, the top being broken away to show the relation of the shield to the top of the car.

Figure 3 represents a perspective view of the shield which operates under spring pressure, and

Figure 4: represents a front edge view of the manually operated form of my shield.

It will be understood that while my shield or guard is particularly advantageous for use upon enclosed cars, it will be apparent thatv of an open car,'and in use the top A, of the automobile B, is provided above the door openings C, with sockets or chambers D, of semicircular form and located in said sockets are the curved guards or shield E, which are of semicircular form and the desired size and in the manually opened and closed construction are mounted upon pivots F, to which are connected keys or cranks G, and

in use-it is simply necessary to turn the pivot 1n one direction to project the shield to operative position, or to turn the pivot in the oppos te direction to return the shield to its seat or socket, and in the modified form. I

provide a coiled spring H, which engages the pivot and shield and acts to return the shield to its socket, a spring catch J, being used to lock the shield in position. foruse.

From the foregoing'descriptiontaken in connection with the drawing, itwill-be apparent that my improvements can be applied to the top of the machine at a very small cost and without detracting from the appearance of the vehicle and that the shield can be readily thrown into or out of operationes, the catch for holding the shields in open a position, the shafts upon which the shields.

are mounted having the handles for manually operating said shields and the springs for returning theshields tonormal position, and the fact that the shields are entirely free from and operate independently from the movement of the doors, which is a great advantage in that the sudden opening and closing of the doors would be likely'to pull the shields out of place and wreck the structure.

I claim:

In a weather shield of the character described, the combination with the top of a vehicle having a pair of semi-circular recesses therein, a pair of semi-circular shields pivoted in saidrecesses and concealed by the walls of said top, springs coiled around the pivots of said shields and acting to turn the shields inward to inoperative position, said shields having an opening in one corner position, the said shields being entirely free thereof, a vertically disposed pair of spring from the doors of the vehicle and operated bolts mounted in the vehicle top, having a manually aside from the operation of the 10 handle for manual operation and adapted to doors.

5 engage the openings in said shields, and In testiniony whereof I hereunto aflix my handles connected to the pivots of said signature. shields for moving said shields to operative \VILLIAM F. SHALLENBERGER. 

